

The Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R was the first-ever GT-R to be made and is equipped with a 2.0-litre S20 I6 pushing 160 horsepower. The uncanny resemblance between the MK4 Supra, Celica, and the 2000GT is undeniable. The 2000GT influenced other Toyota sports cars such as the Celica and the Supra MK4. By the time production ended, all 2000GTs were sold out, and the classic JDM car for sale price started hiking shortly after. The 2.0-litre had a power output of 150 horsepower, while the 2.3-litre made 140 horsepower. Only 337 units were made, and they all feature either a 2.0-litre 3M I6 or a 2.3-litre 2MB I6.īoth engines were not that powerful, but they did the job perfectly. The Toyota 2000GT was made by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha to improve Toyota’s influence in the automotive market. Not all classic JDM cars are expensive, as you can get some of them for around $30,000, which is a good deal for a vehicle produced in low-figure units. Some manufacturers only made a limited number of such classic vehicles as homologations or special editions, making them rare. The Toyota 2000GT is among the rarest of them all, and it’s worth over $900,000. However, some of these classic JDM cars for sale are rare, or the probability of finding one is near zero. It just happens to compete with some of the best JDM cars to come out of Japan, The Toyota Supra, Nissan GT-R, and Mazda RX-7.You’ll rarely see such classic cars in a car meet, and when you do, there will be only a handful of them. And sales aside, the 300ZX wasn’t a bad car, in fact, it was quite good. This resulted in quite low sales and eventually got discontinued in 2000.Īlbeit the 300ZX was quite expensive at launch, time has fixed that problem, and a 300ZX can now be had for relatively cheap in comparison to other JDM models. The 300ZX packed more advanced technology than many of the competition, the side effect of that was a heavier car and a higher price tag. Thus, it does not come as any surprise that the 300ZX came available with a 4-speed automatic transmission. The Nissan 300ZX was originally developed more or less as a grand tourer to distinguish it from its sportier cousin the Skyline. And if you just want an amazing-sounding car, then that could be the way to go.
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The plus side is that if you find a RX-7 with an automatic they’ll likely be quite cheaper than the manual optioned versions. I’d suppose you could argue that your very vulnerable 13B-REW rotary engine won’t break down as much. The automatic versions were heavier, slower, and had a quite significantly lower red line than the manual counterparts. But as you’d imagine was not a particularly common choice. Likely one of the most recognizable JDM cars out there, the RX-7 with its quirky Wankel engine was optionable with a 4-speed automatic transmission. But then you had the one-off model the Nissan Stagea Autech Version 260RS (long name, we know) which came with the incredible twin-turbocharged GT-R engine, the RB26DETT. You had the RB20, and RB25 in different specifications. If you love RB engines, then you’ll certainly love the Stagea as it came with many different RB variations. Surprisingly enough, it also came available with a 5-speed manual transmission. The Stagea was available with two automatic transmissions, one 4-speed automatic and one 4-speed tip-tronic automatic which you could manually change gears through. One of the coolest JDM wagons to have come out of Japan, the Nissan Stagea is as exciting as they come. Mazda Miata ND: 6-Speed Skyactiv-Drive Automatic.Mazda Miata NC: 6-speed Activematic Automatic.The second-generation Aristo came available with the all too familiar Toyota Supra engine, the 2JZ-GTE, this variant was available with the 5-speed automatic only. The Toyota Aristo, also known as the Lexus GS outside of Japan only came available with a 4- and -5-speed automatic. Perhaps the Toyota Chaser is not to your liking, then let me present to you another JZ-powered 4-door saloon, the Toyota Aristo.

And since the general idea with the Chaser was to be a mid-end luxury sedan most Chasers were optioned with the automatic. The Chaser was available either with a 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. Thanks to its RWD layout, the Chaser is commonly used for drifting. The top model came with the legendary 1JZ-GTE engine.

The Toyota Chaser is perhaps one of the most sought-after JDM cars. Some were arguably better than others, but here are the 10 coolest JDM cars that came available with automatic transmissions. But the reality is, that most of the so-called “JDM legends” actually came available with automatics. When people speak about JDM cars it is almost as if everyone takes for granted these cars came with manual transmissions only.
